Knockdown folding table



v J. A. MALARKEY. KNOCKDOWN FOLDING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- I4, I92I- Patented Aug. 1, 1922.

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J. A.,|VlALARKEY. KNUCKDOWN FOLDING TABLE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. I4.I921.

Pz ztented Aug. 1, 1922. 26

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James A.

MALABKEY, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

KNOCKDOV/N FOLDING TABLE.

Application filed February 14, 1921.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that lIJanns A... llllfiijLAiiKirlY, a citizen ol the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of Portland, county of Mulb noma-h,and State of Uregon, have invented a certainnew and useilulImprovement1n. Knockdown Folding Tables, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention 1S to provide a knock down toldmgtable wh ch may be readily taken apart. and as readily set up again, bythe retailer or purchaser,

the only implement required being a screw driver.

It is furthermore my object to make the several parts of such form and wdth that they may be easily stacked together in a compact bundle orpackage, for shipment or storage.

It is furthermore my object to make my table of -t'ew parts, easily madeand easily put together, and in this way insuring simplicity andcheapness both in material. and labor.

In the drawings, I

Fig. 1 illustrates a perspective view of my table set up with its leaveshorizontally extended;

Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of. the severa], parts so grouped as toilustrate the ease with which they may be stacked into a compact bundle,and this view also showing the details of construction 0'? the severalparts;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line of Fig. l with theseparable parts sepa rated but positioned tor being put in place, thatis. fitted to each other;

Fig. 4 shows a sectional view oil one end of my table on the line 4 ofFig. l with the separable parts arranged in the same manner asinentionedwith respect to Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 illustrates a detail ct construction.

Tn Fig. 2 the several parts which com pose my table are shown complete,that is, with their component pieces permanently put in place, so thatthis view illustrates in detail all the parts of which my table 15composed when put in its disassembled or knocked down state.

The parts composing my table are standards c, made with feet 2. To theupper ends of the standards are permanently fastened cleats r and s.Near their lower ends the standards are provided with grooves as c and(Z, and these grooves are provided-with. screw holes 0' and d. The lowerends of the Specification of Letters Patent.

It atented Aug. 1, 1922 Serial No. 444,692.

standards 6 and j are securely connected by a brace-bar 7). To the innerside of the latter are removably fastened/bracing blocks on cleats a, byscrews Z and m inserted in registering, holes a and 6 provided in saidbrace-bar and in said cleats.

The cleats a. are fastened tothe brace-bar at such distance from theends that, when their ends have been inserted inthe grooves d and c ofthe standards, the ends oft-he cleats will abut against the standards;and by then inserting screws g in the screw-holes c" and d of thegrooves 0 and d of said standards, and if desired, further screws as 9through the standards into the screw holes 3 of the cleats a, thebrace-bar b will be secured firmly in place between the standards 6 andf, and the lower ends of the latter will be firmly braced.

The cleats r and s secured. to the upper ends of the standards 6 and fare provided with screw holes 7 and q in which to receive the screwsfastening the table top on the 7 standards.

To the sides of the table top 0 are removably hinged leaves a and 'u byseparable hinges as illustrated at t and t in Fig. 2.

Frames 7' and L" are pivoted between the brace-bar 7) and the table-top0, and serve to.

support the leaves a and u when extended in horizontal position. Theseframes consist of a short vertical or hinge bar as j and a longervertical bar or leg j connected by cross bars 7' as shown in Fi n 2. Theshort or hinge bars of the frames 7 and bare pro vided with dowel pinsas shown by '0 and h with respect to the Frame y, and by z' and 10 withrespect to the frame k.

To set up my table it is convenient to proceed as follows: First securethe cleats a to the bottom of the brace-bar b, then insert the ends oi.the brace-bar in the grooves 0V and (Z of the standards e and f andfasten the parts securely together. The table top 0 may now be fastenedon the cleats p and s of the standards e and f, before doing so puttingin place the hinged-frames or leaf supports 7' and 70. And finally theleaves it and u may be secured in place by inserting the pintles in theknucklesof the hinges t and t.

The illustrations and description above given are merely intended toshow a practical mode 0t construction of my device. The particulardetails of construction above described are, however, variable to suitthe ideas of the manufacturer, provided such to the under side-of and atthe corners of the brace, fastening neans extending through thestandards and engaging the ends of the cleats, the cleats beingelongated and e tended inwardly toward the center of the brace,'atop'extending across the upper ends of the standards and ofgreaterjtransverse Width than the latter to provide overhangingportions, said top having oppositely disposed openings in its under sidein alignment Withthe openings in the brace, a leaf hinged to each of theoverhanging portions, -frames t'or supporting the leaves, eachti'amecomprising an outer vertical leg equalyin lengthto the length of thestandards, an inner leg equal inlength to the distance between the underside of the top and the top surface of the brace, 'hraces connecting thelegs of each' franie, and studs'extending from the top and bottom of theshort leg to en gage the openings "in the topandbrace,

'Whereloy when theleaves are in folded posi;

tion the frames are adapted to be folded in c the spaces formed theoverhanging poi tions of the top and said leaves. i

JAMES MALARKEY,

